Denise L. Cote

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BOTH are former federal prosecutors, formidable in their courtrooms. They are also fast friends, contemporaries who rose through the legal ranks in New York City during the gritty 1970's and the more prosperous 1980's. And, for the next few months, Denise L. Cote, 58, and Barbara S. Jones, 57, United States District Court judges in Manhattan, will be front and center in the trials of WorldCom's former chief executive, Bernard J. Ebbers, and the investment banks and auditors that advised the company as it spiraled into bankruptcy.